Somtum with salty crab – Sai Jai Thai Restaurant

Somtum with salty crab - Sai Jai Thai Restaurant
Thai papaya salad with mixed with dried shrimp, fresh garlic, chili, lemon and fish sauce. $7.50
Sai Jai Thai Restaurant, San Francisco

Um, I was NOT a fan of this. The papaya salad was good enough, but the salty crab was not my style. It was slimy and super hard. You couldn’t bite through it and I don’t think that there was much meat in there, so I’m not sure that it was even edible. I would have loved to have someone instruct me on how to eat those crab pieces.

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Lamb loin and belly – Aziza

Lamb loin and belly - Aziza
Barley, English peas, pea tendrils. $32
Aziza, San Francisco CA

Wow, I loved this. The sauce was especially delicious and the plate was beautiful! The lamb tasted great but it came out more rare than I wanted. I couldn’t eat much of the center of the loin portion.

Concord grape & Manhattan - Aziza
Concord grape cocktail: elderflower, peat smoke, laphroaig, scotch. $12
Manhattan. $9